Camden Fire Department
Fire Prevention 
1966-1967-1968


This web page and its associated web pages contained material from scrapbooks compiled covering fire prevention activities of the Camden Fire Department in 1963, 1964, 1965, and from the spring of 1966 through the summer of 1968. 

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CLEAN UP

Chief of Department Edward V. Michalak, T. Scappa, Department of Public Works,
and Chief Fire Marshall George Baxter on the job. Chief Baxter passed away on September 30, 1966 and was succeeded as Chief Fire Marshall by
Anthony W. Bretschneider .

Director of Public Safety Keith Kauffman and others, discussing the situation

Debris-littered lot being cleaned

Inspector John Gaffney Sr. contacting tenants regarding hazardous conditions

Edward V. Michalak - Anthony W. Bretschneider


Fire Drill
At
Cooper Hospital

Cooper Hospital
Lovey WIlson
Philip A. Stinger
Alma Phillips
John F. Gaffney Sr.
Marian Webber
William C. Watkin


Sparky & Smokey at the St. Joan of Arc School
Jane Abbott - Tim Kisam - Edward V. Michalak - Keith Kauffman - George C. Wade - John Dugan
Philip A. Stinger - St. Joan of Arc School -
Fairview

Sparky & Smokey at the Yorkship School
George C. Wade - John Dugan - Yorkship School - Fairview

Sparky & Smokey
at the
J.S. Read School


Sparky & Smokey at the Sewell School


Chief of Department
Edward V. Michalak


 

 

Acting Chief Fire Marshall
Anthony W. Bretschneider

 

 



John J. Mogck - Earl Robinson

Theodore Primas

Ladder Company 1
Evolutions
at
Concord Chemical Company
1698 Federal Street
During Fire Prevention Week 


INSPECTIONS

Fire Inspection at
ALPHA GRAPHICS
48 North 22nd Street

All Companies are assigned
to Industrial Inspections
for Industries in their respective districts. Inspections are made twice a year.


INSPECTIONS

INSPECTIONS
Inspectors at New York Fur Factory, 701 Broadway; & The Garment Shop, 703 Broadway


Engine Company 9 removing snow from fire hydrant on Federal Street at 17th Street 




Andrew Robinson - _____________ - _____________

TRAINING
In-station Training Program by Fire Marshal's Office, using films to instruct in fire prevention.
Captain Philip A. Stinger and Inspector Goerge C. Wade of Fire Mrshal's Office.
Pre-Fire Planning Class by Chief John O'Niel, using Sanborn Maps of industrial plant layouts.
Layouts of plants are carried in Battalion Chief's cars for immediate referral.

Ladder Company 3 - Kennedy Towers 


Cooper B. Hatch Junior High School

Fire Drill at the Lincoln School on Kaighn Avenue

Fire Drill
at
St. Joseph Catholic School
South 10th Street & Liberty Street

 


Fire Drill at Camden Day Nursery - 327 Stevens Street

Camden Courier-Post * May 22, 1965

School group visitation at Headquarters viewing Rescue Company 1 truck and getting firsthand information. Over 50 such groups from various schools visited stations during fire prevention activities


 

Fire Training
at
Steelman Business School
502 Linden Street

Battalion 1 Chief Allen F. Hess Sr. and Captain Richard Brooks of Ladder Company 1 discuss problem before laddering process began.



Firemen Henry Keubler (top) and John Gaffney Jr.
participating in the Community Blood Program


 

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